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Issues
regarding the
so-called
Gospel of Judas and Da Vinci Code Book
Compiled
by:
H.E.
Metropolitan Bishoy
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The Da-Vinci Code
1.
What
association, if any, are there between the
so-called Gospel of Judas and other Gnostic
gospels and your church?
(a)
The “Gospel of Judas”
is one of many “Gnostic non Christian Gospels”.
It is one of many
found in Upper Egypt in a cave in the provincial
city of Nag-Hammadi.
(b)
The Coptic Orthodox Church is a
main stream Christian Church and totally rejects
these non-Christian writings.
(c)
The use of the Coptic
language
in a document does not make it necessarily one
of our documents. The Coptic language was the
native language of all Egyptians, Christians and
pagans. Paganism co-existed with Christianity in
Egypt till the 5th Century.
2.
What do
you think of the reliability and accuracy of
those early Christian texts?
These Early texts are
non-Christian. They were written by a group of
people who were aliens to the main Christian
Stream of the early Christianity. These texts
are neither reliable nor accurate Christian
texts, as they are historically and logically
alien to the main Christian thinking and
philosophy of the early and present Christians.
The persons who wrote
these books were attempting to create a false
amalgam of the Christian and the Greek Mythology
and the mystical Far East religions.
Why?
(1)
The teachings of the
Gnostic Gospels are diametrically opposed, not
only to the Christ of the New Testament, but
also of the Christ preached by the Old Testament.
Both Testaments believe in “GOD INCARNATED”…
while the Gnostic gospel propagate a “Sensual
Human” elevated to be a god.
(2)
The great majority of the early
Christian Disciples were killed as martyrs for
their insistence about the Christian beliefs of
the Death and Resurrection of Christ, His
virginal birth….etc. Why accept martyrdom for
these principals if the contrary Gnostic
teachings had any credence?
(3)
The Jewish historians (e.g.
Josephus) who opposed the Christian faith never
disputed the following facts:
a) They never disputed the death of Christ
b) They never disputed the method of His death
by Crucifixion.
(4)
The written contents of the
Christian Gospels contained accurate historical
record of what opposing Jewish authorities could
not dispute for example
a) The Jews agreed that Christ was crucified,
while they disputed his resurrection,
b) The Jews never disputed what asserted by the
true Gospels about Christ having 12 disciples,
c) The Jews never disputed the Christian records
of Christ resurrecting Lazarus, while some of
them conspired to kill Jesus for this marvel,
d) The Jews never disputed St John’s gospel
record of St John, they never disputed that he
was entrusted for Jesus’ mother Virgin Mary
(John 19) and not Mary Magdalene? Historically
Virgin Mary lived for 17 years until her death
in John’s house
(5)
Heretics who disputed the
divinity of Christ e.g. Arius and Nastorious,
never relied on any of the Gnostic false gospels
to support their non-Christian heretic beliefs.
They mainly depended on the authentic Gospels.
(6)
The use of any of these “Gnostic
Gospels” was “religious and theological suicide”
to them, as this would resulted in loss of their
credibility as the main body of Christians
looked upon these “Gnostic Gospels” as non
Christian babbling resulting from a group of
people trying to create a false “amalgam”
between the Greek Mythology and far East
religions with Christianity.
(7)
St Athansious and consequently
the Council of Nicea (First Universal Christian
Council 320AD) supported the popular view and
the entrenched Church canonization of the Old
and New Testament as we know them today, and as
known to the laity and clergy at all times
(8)
All liturgical and common
prayers in ALL main stream Christian churches,
never ever used any of the strange ideas found
in the Gnostic gospels.
3.
What do
you think of the assertions that the Gnostic
gospels have been suppressed by the western and
eastern churches?
I
suppose the question should be why would the
churches suppress these Gnostic gospels? What
would be the benefit – Christianity lived and
flourished in the midst of the most bloody and
violent era 1st, 2nd, 3rd,
4th and 5th Centuries? Who
would attempt to challenge the world with a
self-proclaimed falsified truth?
Christians were never known to be cowardly –
particularly the Christians of Egypt, over the
centuries, millions have been murdered
(Martyred) for the sake of upholding the truth.
During the era of Constantine the Great, the
famous Heretical Alexandrian Priest Arius made
false claims about the divinity of Christ, and
at times supported by Cappadocian Bishops –
Arius never referenced these texts (for he knew
their falsehood). In this dark era hundreds and
thousand of men and women who have upheld what
was true were not afraid from speaking up and
challenging these new and false teachings.
If
truth is found in these gospels – they would
have been upheld.
The Gnostic gospels
were deemed false by the churches because they
were untrue, not historical and have no support
from the foundation of the Christian faith -
that being the prophecies of the Old Testament.
Which incidentally have been endorsed as
accurate and true following the discovery made
at the valley of
Qumran –
“The Dead Sea Scrolls” in particular the book of
ISIAH the prophet.
4.
What
do you think of the portrayal of Judas?
In
these texts, Judas is portrayed as the Hero –
where as Judas has his distinct place within the
prophecies of the Old Testament as being the
betrayer. Here are some of these prophecies:
- Ps.41:9 Even my close
friend, whom I trusted, he who shared my bread,
has lifted up his heel against me.
- Zec.11:12 I told them, "If you think it
best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it." So
they paid me thirty pieces of silver.
(Zec.11:13)
- Zec.11:13
And the Lord said to me, "Throw it to the
potter"- the handsome price at which they priced
me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and
threw them into the house of the Lord to the
potter.
- Ps.109:7-8 When he is tried, let him
be found guilty, and may his prayers condemn
him. May his days be few; may another take his
place of leadership
5.
What do
you think of their use as the basis for Da Vinci
Code and the popularity of the notions of a
sacred marriage between Jesus and Mary Magdalene
and the Holy Grail?
It goes without
saying that an average reader will find the
Gnostic gospels a very boring and laborious
reading. The “Da Vinci Code “ , “Jesus Christ
Super Star” and some other art presentations are
a way to propagate and popularize the Gnostic
anti-Christian teachings contained in these hard
to read books.
Usage of musicals,
theatrical productions and thrill novels serves
as a convenient vehicle to propagate these
“quasi-religious” materials among a spiritually
hungry society.
It goes without
saying that the average person is finding it
most alien and most uncomfortable to ignore the
importance role of religion and spirituality in
ones life. Some (and actually many) are flocking
back to Christ to satisfy their desire for
spirituality and religiosity. While some others
try non-Christian path to satisfy their desire/s
for religiosity.
The Da Vinci Code is
paganism dressed up in Christian clothing; its
claims are found to grossly inaccurate
The Da Vinci Code
Idea of marriage of Christ to Mary Magdalene is
obviously a Gnostic idea, please refer to
Chapter 17 of “Barbara Thiering” Jesus the Man.
It is obvious that “Brown” copied majority of
his ideas for his book from Gnostic
origins.
Below is a list of
observations on the inaccurate nature of Brown’s
(Da Vinci Code Book) Gnostic claims
(1)
If Leonardo Da Vinci intended to
portray the inclusion of Mary Magdalene in his
painting (The Last Supper) he would have painted
13 individuals plus Christ, but he rather
painted 12 individuals plus Christ, and there is
no room to assume that Judas was not present at
the table; he is painted as a shadowy person
holding the money bag.
(2)
Christ said, “This is My Body”
and “This is My Blood” and then invited them to
eat and drink and they did. Such eating and
drinking act defies the theory of Brown that the
Holy Grail was Mary Magdalene’s womb? How would
a group of men partake and eat and drink from a
womb?
(3)
The Gospel of John Chapter (6),
is a clear expose’ that Christ did not refer to
a “fetus in Mary Magdalene’s womb” to be His
Body nor His Blood (see table below)
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Christ implores
the people to seek the heavenly
bread |
"Do not labour
for the food which perishes, but for
the food which endures to
everlasting life, which the Son of
Man will give you, because God the
Father has set His seal on Him." |
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The people ask
Christ about the bread He gives |
{28} Then they
said to Him, "What shall we do, that
we may work the works of God?" {29}
Jesus answered and said to them,
"This is the work of God, that you
believe in Him whom He sent." {30}
Therefore they said to Him, "What
sign will You perform then, that we
may see it and believe You? What
work will You do? {31} "Our fathers
ate the manna in the desert; as it
is written, 'He gave them bread from
heaven to eat.' " |
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Jesus declares
that His Body is the heavenly gift |
Then Jesus said
to them, "Most assuredly, I say to
you, Moses did not give you the
bread from heaven, but My Father
gives you the true bread from
heaven. {33} "For the bread of God
is He who comes down from heaven and
gives life to the world." {34} Then
they said to Him, "Lord, give us
this bread always." |
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Jesus declares
that He is the Bread of Life |
{35} And Jesus
said to them, "I am the bread of
life. He who comes to Me shall never
hunger, and he who believes in Me
shall never thirst. {36} "But I said
to you that you have seen Me and yet
do not believe. {37} "All that the
Father gives Me will come to Me, and
the one who comes to Me I will by no
means cast out. {38} "For I have
come down from heaven, not to do My
own will, but the will of Him who
sent Me. {39} "This is the will of
the Father who sent Me, that of all
He has given Me I should lose
nothing, but should raise it up at
the last day. {40} "And this is the
will of Him who sent Me, that
everyone who sees the Son and
believes in Him may have everlasting
life; and I will raise him up at the
last day." {41} The Jews then
complained about Him, because He
said, "I am the bread which came
down from heaven." {42} And they
said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of
Joseph, whose father and mother we
know? How is it then that He says,
'I have come down from heaven'?"
{43} Jesus therefore answered and
said to them, "Do not murmur among
yourselves. {44} "No one can come to
Me unless the Father who sent Me
draws him; and I will raise him up
at the last day. {45} "It is written
in the prophets, 'And they shall all
be taught by God.' Therefore
everyone who has heard and learned
from the Father comes to Me. {46}
"Not that anyone has seen the
Father, except He who is from God;
He has seen the Father. {47} "Most
assuredly, I say to you, he who
believes in Me has everlasting life. |
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48} "I am the
bread of life. {49} "Your fathers
ate the manna in the wilderness, and
are dead. {50} "This is the bread
which comes down from heaven, that
one may eat of it and not die. {51}
"I am the living bread which came
down from heaven. If anyone eats of
this bread, he will live forever;
and the bread that I shall give is
My flesh, which I shall give for the
life of the world." |
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The Jews murmur
against this |
{{52} The Jews
therefore quarrelled among
themselves, saying, "How can this
[Man] give us [His] flesh to eat?" |
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Jesus Declares
the His Body is a true one (not a
Symbol) |
{53} Then Jesus
said to them, "Most assuredly, I
say to you, unless you eat the flesh
of the Son of Man and drink His
blood, you have no life in you. { |
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Jesus declares
that His Body and Blood grants
eternal life |
54} "Whoever eats
My flesh and drinks My blood has
eternal life, and I will raise him
up at the last day. {55} "For My
flesh is food indeed, and My blood
is drink indeed. {56} "He who eats
My flesh and drinks My blood abides
in Me, and I in him. {57} "As the
living Father sent Me, and I live
because of the Father, so he who
feeds on Me will live because of Me.
{58} "This is the bread which came
down from heaven; not as your
fathers ate the manna, and are dead.
He who eats this bread will live
forever." {59} These things He said
in the synagogue as He taught in
Capernaum. |
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Jesus Challenges
the remaining disciples to leave if
they do not believe |
{60} Therefore
many of His disciples, when they
heard [this], said, "This is a hard
saying; who can understand it?" {61}
When Jesus knew in Himself that His
disciples complained about this, He
said to them, "Does this offend you?
{62} "[What] then if you should see
the Son of Man ascend where He was
before? {63} "It is the Spirit who
gives life; the flesh profits
nothing. The words that I speak to
you are spirit, and [they] are life.
{64} "But there are some of you who
do not believe." For Jesus knew from
the beginning who they were who did
not believe, and who would betray
Him. {65} And He said, "Therefore I
have said to you that no one can
come to Me unless it has been
granted to him by My Father." {66}
From that [time] many of His
disciples went back and walked with
Him no more. {67} Then Jesus said to
the twelve, "Do you also want to go
away?" {68} But Simon Peter answered
Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You
have the words of eternal life. {69}
"Also we have come to believe and
know that You are the Christ, the
Son of the living God." |
6.
Is it an
attack on the life of Jesus Christ?
Yes it is an attack on the lord.
It
is an attack on the science of History and a
misleading document.
The prophesised Messiah came for the redemption
of mankind, he was not self seeking – He gave to
mankind His love, wisdom, way of peace; He
divided timeline from BC to AD.
He
is the Creator, the Word of God. His virginity
is natural, for how can the Creator take for
Himself the created to be His equal. Even in our
terms that would be seen as not proper – which
society or culture would accept a father to lay
with his daughter? It would be declared as a
grave sin.
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Jesus Christ has fulfilled all the prophecies
written of Him in the Old Testament as being the
Messiah the Redeemer.
Appendix “A”
Christ of The Old Testament is Same as Christ of
the New Testament
Here are just 50
of thousands of Prophecies:
Ancestors:
1- The "seed of a woman":
Genesis 3:15.... Galatians
4:4.
Jesus was born of Virgin Mary without
any man involved in His conception (Is.7:14,
Mat.1:23, Lk.1:27).
- Gen.3:15 And I will put
enmity between you and the woman, and between
your offspring and hers; he will crush your
head, and you will strike his heel.
- Gal.4:4 But when the time had fully
come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born
under law. (Luk.2:7; Rev.12:5)
2- Descendent of Abraham:
Genesis 12:3, 18:18.... Acts 3:25, Matthew 1:1.
- Gen. 18:18 Abraham will surely
become a great and powerful nation and all
nations on earth will be blessed through him.
(Gen. 12:3)
- Act. 3:25 And you are heirs of the
prophets and of the covenant God made with your
fathers. He said to Abraham, "Through your
offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed."
(Mt.1:1; Lk.3:34)
3- Descendent of Isaac: Gen.17:19,
Luc.3:34.
- Gen.17:19 Then God said, "Yes, but
your wife Sarah will bear you a son and you will
call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant
with him as an everlasting covenant for his
descendants after him."
-Mt.1:2 Abraham was the father of Isaac,
Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of
Judah and his brothers. (Lk.3:34)
4- Descendent of Jacob:
Numbers
24:17...... Luke 3:34, Matt.1:2.
- Num.24:17 I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near. A star will come out
of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel. He
will crush the foreheads of Moab, the skulls of
all the sons of Sheth.
- Lk.3:34 The son of Jacob, the son of
Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the
son of Nahor. (Mt.1:2)
5-- From the Tribe of
Judah: Genesis
49:10, Luke 3:33.
- Gen.49:10 The scepter will not
depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from
between his feet, until he comes to whom it
belongs and the obedience of the nations is his.
- Lk.3:33 The son of Amminadab, the son
of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the
son of Judah. (Mt.1:2-3)
6- Hair of the Throne of
David: Isaiah
9:7.... Luke 1:32-33.
- Isa.9:7 Of the increase of his
government and peace there will be no end. He
will reign on David's throne and over his
kingdom, establishing and upholding it with
justice and righteousness from that time on and
forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will
accomplish this. (Isa.11:1-5; 2Sam.7:13)
- Luk.1:32-33: He will be
great and will be called the Son of the Most
High. The Lord God will give him the throne of
his father David, and he will reign over the
house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never
end." (Mt.1:1, 1:6)
Birth and Childhood:
7- Born in Bethlehem:
Micah 5:2....
Matthew 2:1.... Luke 2:4-7.
- Mic.5:2 But you, Bethlehem
Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans
of Judah, out of you will come for me one who
will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are
from ancient times.
- Mt.2:1 After Jesus was born in
Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King
Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem.
(Lk.2:4-7)
8- To be born of a
Virgin: Isaiah
7:14, Matthew 1:18.... Luke 1:26-35.
- Isa.7:14 Therefore the Lord
himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be
with child and will give birth to a son, and
will call him Immanuel.
- Mt.1:18 This is how the birth of Jesus
Christ came about: his mother Mary was pledged
to be married to Joseph, but before they came
together, she was found to be with child through
the Holy Spirit. (Lk.1:26-35)
9- Time of his birth:
Daniel 9:25....
Luke 2:1:
- Dan.9:25 Know and
understand this: From the issuing of the decree
to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the
Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be
seven "sevens" and sixty two "sevens." It will
be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in
times of trouble.
- Lk 2:1-2 In those days Caesar Augustus
issued a decree that a census should be taken of
the entire Roman world. (This was the first
census that took place while Quirinius was the
governor of Syria.) (Lk 2:3-7)
- Mat.2:1 After Jesus was born in
Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King
Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem
10- Slaughter of the
Innocent children:
Jeremiah 31:15.... Matthew
2:16-18.
- Jer.31:15 This is what the Lord says:
"A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great
weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and
refusing to be comforted, because her children
are no more."
- Mt.2:16 When Herod realized that he
had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious,
and he gave orders to kill all the boys in
Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years
old and under, in accordance with the time he
had learned from the Magi. (Mt 2:16-18)
11- Flight to Egypt:
Hosea 11:1....
Matthew 2:14-15.
- Hos.11:1 When Israel was a child,
I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son
- Mt.2:14 So he got up, took the child
and his mother during the night and left for
Egypt. (Mt 2:15)
12- He shall be called a
Nazarene: Judges
13:5.... Matthew 2:23.
- Jud.13:5 for the child shall be a
Nazarite unto God
- Mt.2:23 And he came and dwelt in a
city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be
called a Nazarene
Passion:
13- Triumphal entry in
Jerusalem on a donkey:
Zechariah 9:9.... John 12:13-14.
- Zec.9:9 Rejoice greatly, O
Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you, righteous and
having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey. (Isa.62:11)
- Jn.12:13-14 They took palm branches
and went out to meet him, shouting, "Hosanna!"
"Blessed is he who comes in the name of the
Lord!" "Blessed is the King of Israel!" Jesus
found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is
written. (Mt.21:1-11; Jn.12:12, Mk.11:7-9.)
14- Entry through the
"Golden Gate",
that shall be shut for ever after his entrance:
Ezekiel 44:1-2.... Mark 11:7-8.
On Palm Sunday Jesus entered Jerusalem
through the Golden Gate. When you go to
Jerusalem look at the Golden Gate, it is shut
with stone and cement, and with a Muslim
cemetery in its front, through which a Jewish
Messiah will never pass.
- Ez.44:1-2 Then the man brought me back
to the outer gate of the sanctuary, the one
facing east, and it was shut. 2 The
LORD said to me, "This gate is to remain shut.
It must not be opened; no one may enter through
it. It is to remain shut because the LORD , the
God of Israel, has entered through it.
- Mk.11:7-8 When they brought
the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over
it, he sat on it. Many people spread their
cloaks on the road, while others spread branches
they had cut in the fields.
15- Betrayed by a friend,
for 30 pieces of silver:
Zechariah 11:12, Psalm
41:9... Mark 14:10, Matthew 26:14-15.
- Ps.41:9 Even my close friend, whom
I trusted, he who shared my bread, has lifted up
his heel against me.
- Mk.14:10 Then Judas Iscariot, one of
the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray
Jesus to them. (Mt.26:14-16; Mk.14:43-45)
- Zec.11:12 I told them, "If you think
it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it."
So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.
(Zec.11:13)
- Mt.26:15 And asked, "What are you
willing to give me if I hand him over to you?"
So they counted out for him thirty silver coins.
(Mt 27:3-10)
16- Money to be returned
for a potter's field:
Zechariah
11:13.... Matthew 27:6-7.
- Zec.11:13 And the Lord said to me,
"Throw it to the potter"- the handsome price at
which they priced me! So I took the thirty
pieces of silver and threw them into the house
of the Lord to the potter.
- Mt.27:6-7 The chief priests picked up
the coins and said, "It is against the law to
put this into the treasury, since it is blood
money." So they decided to use the money to buy
the potter's field as a burial place for
foreigners. (Mt.27:3-5,8-10)
17- Judas's position to
be taken by another:
Psalm 109:7-8.... Acts 1:18-20.
- Ps.109:7-8 When he is tried, let
him be found guilty, and may his prayers condemn
him. May his days be few; may another take his
place of leadership
- Act.1:18-20 (With the reward he got
for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there
he fell headlong, his body burst open and all
his intestines spilled out. Everyone in
Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that
field in their language Akeldama, that is, Field
of Blood.) "For, " said Peter, "It is written in
the book of Psalms, "'May his place be deserted;
let there be no one to dwell in it,' and, "'May
another take his place of leadership.'" (Ac
1:16-17)
18- Accused by false
witnesses: Psalms
.27:12, 35:11.... Mt 26:60-61, Mk.14:57.
- Ps.27:12 Do not turn me over to
the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise
up against me, breathing out violence.
(Ps.35:11)
- Mt.26:60-61 But they did not find any,
though many false witnesses came forward.
Finally two men came forward and declared, "This
fellow said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of
God and rebuild it in three days.'"
19- Silent to
accusations:
Isaiah 53:7.... Matthew 26:62-63, Mark.15:4-5.
- Isa.53:7 He was oppressed and
afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was
led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep
before her shearers is silent, so he did not
open his mouth. (Ps.38:13-14)
- Mt 26:62-63 Then the high priest stood
up and said to Jesus, "Are you not going to
answer? What is this testimony that these men
are bringing against you?" But Jesus remained
silent. The high priest said to him, "I charge
you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you
are the Christ, the Son of God!" (Mt 27:12-14,
Mk.15:4-5)
20 - Spat and struck:
Isaiah 50:6,
Matthew 26:67.
- Isa.50:6 I offered my back to
those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled
out my beard; I did not hide my face from
mocking and spitting.
- Mk.14:65 Then some began to spit at him;
they blindfolded him struck him with their
fists, and said, "Prophesy!" And the guards took
him and beat him. (Mt.26:27, Mk.15:17; Jn
19:1-3; 18:22)
21- Hated without reason:
Psalms 69:4,
35:19, 109:3-5.... John.15:24-25.
- Ps 69:4 Those who hate me without
reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are
my enemies without cause, those who seek to
destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did
not steal. (Ps.35:19, 109:3-5)
- Jn.15:23-25 He who hates me hates my
Father as well. If I had not done among them
what no one else did, they would not be guilty
of sin. But now they have seen these miracles,
and yet they have hated both me and my Father.
But this is to fulfill what is written in their
Law: "They hated me without reason."
22- Soldiers divided his
garments and gambled for his clothing:
Psalm 22:18... Matt.27:35
(2 Prophecies)
- Ps 22:18 They divide my garments
among them and cast lots for my clothing.
- Mt.27:35 And they crucified him, and
parted his garments, casting lots: that it might
be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet,
They parted my garments among them, and upon my
vesture did they cast lots (Mk.15:24).
23- Crucified, "pierced
through hands and feet":
Zechariah 12:10,
Psalm 22:16.... Matthew 27:35, John 20:27.
- Ps.22:16 Dogs have surrounded me;
a band of evil men has encircled me, they have
pierced my hands and my feet. (Zec.12:10)
- Mt.27:35 And they crucified him.
- Jn. 20:25-26 Now Thomas (called
Didymus)... he said to them, "Unless I see the
nail marks in his hands and put my finger where
the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I
will not believe it." (Jn.19:37, 20:27)
24- Crucified with
malefactors:
Isaiah 53:12.... Mark 15:27-28.
- Isa.53:12 Therefore I will give
him a portion among the great, and he will
divide the spoils with the strong, because he
poured out his life unto death, and was numbered
with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of
many, and made intercession for the
transgressors.
- Mt 27:38 Two robbers were crucified
with him, one on his right and one on his left.
(Mk 15:27-28; Lk 23:33)
25- Agonized in Thirst:
Psalm 22:15....
John 19:28.
- Ps.22:15 My strength is dried up
like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my
jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of
death.
- Jn.19:28 After this, Jesus knowing
that all things were now accomplished, that the
scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
26- Given gall and
vinegar: Psalm
69:21.... Matthew 27:34, 48, John 19:19.
- Ps.69:21 They put gall in my food
and gave me vinegar for my thirst.
- Mat.27:34 They gave him vinegar to
drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted
thereof, he would not drink
(Jn.19:29, Mat.27:48).
27- No bones broken:
Psalm 34:20....
John 19:32-36.
- Ps 34:20 He protects all his
bones, not one of them will be broken. (Ex
12:46)
- Jn 19:33 But when they came to Jesus
and found that he was already dead, they did not
break his legs.
28- His side pierced:
Zechariah
12:10.... John 19:34.
- Zec.12:10 They will look on me,
the one they have pierced, and they will mourn
for him as one mourns for an only child, and
grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a
firstborn son.
- Jn 19:34 Instead, one of the soldiers
pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a
sudden flow of blood and water.
29- Deserted by
God:
Psalm 22:1.... Matthew 27:46.
- Ps.22:1 My God, my God, why hast
thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from
helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
- Mat.27:46 And about the ninth hour
Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli,
lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my
God, why hast thou forsaken me?
30- Vicarious Sacrifice:
Isaiah
53:4-5, 6, 12.... Matthew 8:16-17, Romans 4:25,
5:6-8, 1 Corinthians 15:3.
- Isa.53:4-5 Surely he took up our
infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we
considered him stricken by God, smitten by him,
and afflicted. But he was pierced for
transgressions, he was crushed for our
iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace
was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.
(Is. 53:6, 12)
- Mt.8:16-17 When evening came, many who
were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he
drove out the spirits with a word and healed all
the sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken
through the prophet Isaiah: "He took up our
infirmities and carried our diseases." (Ro 4:25,
5:6-8, 1Cor 15:3)
31- Buried with the rich:
Isaiah 53:9,
Matthew 27:57-60.
- Isa.53:9 He was assigned a grave
with the wicked, and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence, nor was any
deceit in his mouth.
- Mt.27:57-60 As evening approached,
there came a rich man from Arimathea, named
Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of
Jesus. Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus'
body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to
him. Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean
linen cloth, and placed it in his own new tomb
that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big
stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and
went away
32- Deserted by his
followers:
Zechariah 13:7.... Mark 14:27.
- Zec.13:7 smite the shepherd,
and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will
turn mine hand upon the little ones.
- Mk.14:27 And Jesus saith unto them,
All ye shall be offended because of me this
night: for it is written, I will smite the
shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.
33- Time of his death:
Daniel 9:25....
Luke 2:1, Matthew 2:1:
- Doing the
proper computations, the Messiah was supposed to
die on April 3, of the year 33 AC (Open Bible
pag.833)
34- Resurrection of
Jesus: Hosea 6:2,
Psalms 16:10, 49:15..... Luke 24:6-7,
Mark.16:6-7.
- Hos.6:2 After two days will he
revive us: in the third day he will raise us up,
and we shall live in his sight.
- Lk.24:6-7 He is not here, but is
risen: remember how he spake unto you when he
was yet in Galilee, Saying, The Son of man must
be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and
be crucified, and the third day rise again.
35- Other dead raised with
Him: Isaiah 26:19,
Ezekiel 37:7-10..... Matthew 27:52-53.
- Isa.26:19 Thy dead men shall live,
together with my dead body shall they arise.
Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy
dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall
cast out the dead.
- Ez.37:7-10 So I prophesied as I was
commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a
noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came
together, bone to his bone. And when I beheld,
lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them,
and the skin covered them above: but there was
no breath in them. Then said he unto me,
Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man,
and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe
upon these slain, that they may live. So I
prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath
came into them, and they lived, and stood up
upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
- Mat.27:52-53 And the graves were
opened; and many bodies of the saints which
slept arose, And came out of the graves after
his resurrection, and went into the holy city,
and appeared unto many.
36- Ascension to Heaven:
Psalms 68:18,
24:3.....Lk 24:50-51, Acts 1:11, Mk.16:19.
- Ps.68:18 Thou hast ascended on
high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast
received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious
also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
- Ps.24:3 Who shall ascend into the hill
of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy
place?
- Lk 24:50-51 When he had led them out
to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his
hands and blessed them. While he was blessing
them, he left them and was taken up into
heaven
- Act.1:11 Which also said, Ye men of
Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?
this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into
heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have
seen him go into heaven.
37- Christ at the Right
hand of the Father:
Psalm 110:1..... Hebrews
1:2,3.
- Ps.110:1 The LORD said unto my
Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make
thine enemies thy footstool.
- Heb.1:2,3 Hath in these last days
spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath
appointed heir of all things, by whom also he
made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his
glory, and the express image of his person, and
upholding all things by the word of his power,
when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down
on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Ministry:
38- The way prepared by
John the Baptist:
Isaiah 40:3,5.... John 1:23, Luke 3:3-6.
- Isa.40:3 The voice of him that
crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of
the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway
for our God.
- Jn.1:23 He said, I am the voice of one
crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way
of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah
39- Preceded by a
forerunner:
Mal.3:1, Luk.7:24-27.
40- Preceded by Elijah: Mal.4:5-6,
Matt.11:13-14.
41- Declared the Son of God: Ps.2:7,
Matt.3:17.
42- Galilean Ministry: Is.9:1-2,
Matt.4:13-16.
43- Speaks in Parables: Ps.78:2-4,
Matt.13:34-35.
44- A Prophet: Deut.18:15, Jn.6:14, Acts
3:20-22.
45- Priest after the Order of Melchizedek:
Ps.110:4, Heb.5:5-6.
46- To bind up the brokenhearted:
Is.61:1-2, Luk.4:18-19.
47- Rejected by his own people, the Jews:
Is.53:3, John 1:11.
48- Not believed: Is.53:1, John 12:37.
49- Adored by infants: Ps.8:2,
Matt.21:15--16.
50- Anointed and eternal:
Ps.45:6-7, Heb.1:8-12.
Please refer to the attached
appendix for a detailed response to the
litany of errors by “Brown” in his book.
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